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fs: Introduce FOP_ASYNC_LOCK
Some lock managers (NLM, kNFSD) fastidiously avoid blocking their kernel threads while servicing blocking locks. If a filesystem supports asynchronous lock requests those lock managers can use notifications to quickly inform clients they have acquired a file lock. Historically, only posix_lock_file() was capable of supporting asynchronous locks so the check for support was simply file_operations->lock(), but with recent changes in DLM, both GFS2 and OCFS2 also support asynchronous locks and have started signalling their support with EXPORT_OP_ASYNC_LOCK. We recently noticed that those changes dropped the checks for whether a filesystem simply defaults to posix_lock_file(), so async lock notifications have not been attempted for NLM and NFSv4.1+ for most filesystems. While trying to fix this it has become clear that testing both the export flag combined with testing ->lock() creates quite a layering mess. It seems appropriate to signal support with a fop_flag. Add FOP_ASYNC_LOCK so that filesystems with ->lock() can signal their capability to handle lock requests asynchronously. Add a helper for lock managers to properly test that support. Signed-off-by:Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3330d5a324abe2ce9c1dafe89cacdc6db41945d1.1726083391.git.bcodding@redhat.com Reviewed-by:
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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